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...desperate UNH defenseman, Francisco nudged the puck expertly to Suurkask in the slot and the 1997-98 Ivy League Rookie of the Year backhanded the puck beyond Roberts' outstretched glove, only to watch in vain as her best shot of the season clanged off the post. The groan from the Harvard fans was audible as the sophomore standouts struggled to control the rebound...
...first week of March, with departmental deadlines only weeks away, the worst question you can ask a senior is, "How's the thesis?" Typical responses include a string of expletives, a painful groan or just deadly silence. But as March 5 approaches, it is juniors, not seniors, who are becoming nauseous at the mere mention of the t-word...
Nobody needs to be told what to hate about this year, what made us flinch or groan, change the channel, fling the magazine across the room. Generations of scholars yet unborn will read shelves of books yet unwritten trying to figure out what went wrong in America in 1998 and why. So maybe it's the lazy luxury of relief, now that it's over, to look at what might have gone right and toast the new era with a glass half full...
...quiet. Seven minutes go by-more people still. The spotlights turn on; the P.A. system warms up, and the room buzzes with ambient sound. At 10 minutes, hundreds of rustling papers and chitchat fill the room with ugly, roaring noise, overwhelming the quiet plaint of the antique benches that groan under the load of bodies. Sanders swarms; handouts and slow-movers clog the main door causing backflow into Memorial Hall. The room's air, warm and moist, smells of Chickwich. The Harvard monster-size class begins...
When the delivery guys drop stacks of the latest CD-ROMs in my office each day, my first reaction is usually a groan. It's hard to get excited about the latest Barbie disc or Wheel of Fortune for the PC. But last week, after I checked out Encarta Africana, a two-disc, multimedia reference work by Microsoft on the history and culture of Africa and people of African descent, I wanted to kiss the FedEx guy. This remarkable new work blends old-fashioned scholarship and storytelling with color videos and stereo sound to bring its subject alive, starting with...